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Managing to make it : urban families and adolescent success / Frank F. Furstenberg, Jr [and others].

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation series on mental health and development. Studies on successful adolescent development.Publisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1999Description: xiii, 305 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0226273911
  • 9780226273914
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 649.1250974811 21
LOC classification:
  • HQ796 .M268 1999
Contents:
The theory and research design. Parenting in the inner city: the problem ; The Philadelphia study -- The findings. How they fared: measuring adolescent success ; How parents manage risk and opportunity ; Parenting matters ; Family influences and adolescents' lives ; How do neighborhoods matter? ; Adolescent competence and the effects of cumulative risk factors ; Looking ahead: patterns of success in late adolescence ; Managing for success: lessons from the study.
Summary: "One of the myths about families in inner-city neighborhoods is that they are characterized by poor parenting. Sociologist Frank Furstenberg and his colleagues explode this and other misconceptions about success, parenting, and socioeconomic advantage in Managing to Make It. This unique study--the first in the MacArthur Foundation Studies on Successful Adolescent Development series--focuses on how and why youth are able to overcome social disadvantages.Based on nearly 500 interviews and case studies of families in inner-city Philadelphia, Managing to Make It lays out in detail the creative means parents use to manage risks and opportunities in their communities. More importantly, it also depicts the strategies parents develop to steer their children away from risk and toward resources that foster positive development and lead to success. "Indispensible to anyone concerned about breaking the cycle of poverty and helplessness among at-risk adolescents, this book has a readable, graphic style easily grasped by those unfamiliar with statistical techniques." --Library Journal"--Publisher description.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-292) and index.

The theory and research design. Parenting in the inner city: the problem ; The Philadelphia study -- The findings. How they fared: measuring adolescent success ; How parents manage risk and opportunity ; Parenting matters ; Family influences and adolescents' lives ; How do neighborhoods matter? ; Adolescent competence and the effects of cumulative risk factors ; Looking ahead: patterns of success in late adolescence ; Managing for success: lessons from the study.

"One of the myths about families in inner-city neighborhoods is that they are characterized by poor parenting. Sociologist Frank Furstenberg and his colleagues explode this and other misconceptions about success, parenting, and socioeconomic advantage in Managing to Make It. This unique study--the first in the MacArthur Foundation Studies on Successful Adolescent Development series--focuses on how and why youth are able to overcome social disadvantages.Based on nearly 500 interviews and case studies of families in inner-city Philadelphia, Managing to Make It lays out in detail the creative means parents use to manage risks and opportunities in their communities. More importantly, it also depicts the strategies parents develop to steer their children away from risk and toward resources that foster positive development and lead to success. "Indispensible to anyone concerned about breaking the cycle of poverty and helplessness among at-risk adolescents, this book has a readable, graphic style easily grasped by those unfamiliar with statistical techniques." --Library Journal"--Publisher description.

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